Chief Business Official

2022-23 School Year

12 months / 260 Day Contract

This position will remain open until filled.

Screening of applications will begin on January 31, 2022.

Molalla River School District is actively seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Chief Business Official. The Chief Business Official provides leadership and strategic vision to the district’s financial management program and oversees the district’s accounting, financial planning and budgeting, risk management, auditing, ADM projections, procurement, debt service, and capital projects fund management, real estate, and fixed asset management, fiscal reporting, and the relationship with transportation and nutrition services outside contractors.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree in business administration, business management, education, accounting, or a related field or equivalent experience. Master’s Degree and/or C.P.A. preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience as a business official and/or equivalent experience with business and administrative functions, including at least three years’ experience in a supervisory capacity preferred.
• Evidence of school and/or business leadership experience and skills to manage a complex department with heavy service demands.
• Strong verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to provide and follow written and verbal direction; compose clear, concise, easy to follow documents and reports containing complex information; read, write, understand, complete and explain complex computations;
• Demonstrated insight, intelligence, analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Skills to use computer and business software (Microsoft Office Suite, Synergy, and Infinite Visions preferred) efficiently and effectively to complete assigned duties.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality with district documents, reports and information, in a variety of situations, given the relatively unrestricted access this position has to the district’s information and management/operational activities.
• Ability to work both independently and cooperatively as a member of the district’s administrative team and establish effective working relationships at all levels of the organization and with other district business officials across the county and state.
• Ability to create, delegate, and organize assignments, set priorities, and multitask, managing frequent interruptions, to meet multiple and frequent deadlines.
• Ability to remain calm, deliberate, and tactful in stressful and emotional situations.
• Must be courteous, cooperative, and service-oriented and effectively lead the team while promoting these qualities in the department.
• Oregon Certified School Business Official status through OASBO preferred.
• Related qualifications as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate and acceptable.

Complete Job Description

Duties by Areas of Responsibility